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NEW COMMIT: U.S. Open qualifier Meaghan Harnish of York, Pa. has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Missouri beginning in the fall of 2022. She will join Sydney Bales, Grace Striley and Grace Hanson as a member of the Tigers’ Class of 2026. Swimming is in her family business as her...

NEW COMMIT: Georgia Tech has picked up yet another verbal commitment for the fall of 2022 from Sean Santos of Olney, Md. Both talented swimmers will join Will Coady, Ben Gerhard, Chris Richardson and Stephen Jones as a member of the Yellow Jackets’ Class of 2026. He told Swimming World: "I am thrill...

NEW COMMIT: The University at Buffalo has received their first early verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season and beyond from Futures qualifier Karen Austin of Southfield, Mich. She told Swimming World: "I'm ecstatic to announce my verbal commitment to the University at Buffalo to swim and study neu...

NEW COMMIT: Deltaville, Va. native and Junior National qualifier Bryce Rouzie has decided to remain in-state for his college career after verbally committing to the College of William and Mary for the fall of 2022. After originally planning to cut the program at the end of last season, the administr...

NEW COMMIT: Grinnell College's new roster for the upcoming 2021-22 season will feature just one international swimmer: Diego Rodrigues of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. In LCM, his best times include: 200m back - 2:21.71 200m breast - 2:36.27 200m IM - 2:17.12 400m IM - 4:53.22 In SCY, those times convert ...

NEW COMMIT: Northwestern University has added a new verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season and beyond from U.S. Open qualifier Audrey Yu of Las Vegas, Nevada. She will join Lindsay Ervin, Hana Shimizu-Bowers, Mackenzie Lanning and Riley Huddleston as a member of the Wildcats’ Class of 2026. She to...

NEW COMMIT: Liberty Township, Ohio native and Junior National qualifier Isabelle Gomez has announced her verbal commitment to Liberty University beginning in the fall of 2022. She will join Ella Kahn and Malia Francis as a member of the Lady Flames’ Class of 2026. She told Swimming World: "I am beyo...

NEW COMMIT: Barton College has received a new commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Isabella Germosen of Largo, Fla. She told Swimming World: "I am extremely excited to announce my official commitment to Barton College to continue my academic and athletic career. I am thankful for the su...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Tennessee has picked up a new verbal commitment from freestyle ace Joaquin Vargas of Davie, Fla., who intends to arrive in Knoxville in January 2022. He will join Martin Espernberger, Garret Green and Nick Simons in Knoxville as a member of the Vols’ Class of 2026. He t...

NEW COMMIT: Carlsbad, Calif. native Adam Ladman will head to the East Coast for his college career after verbally committing* to Dartmouth College. In January, the Big Green agreed to reinstate the program that it originally cut in July 2020. He told Swimming World: "I am extremely excited to announ...

What Swimmers Think About As They Move Up and Down the Pool By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern.  Between the counting of laps, intervals and breaths, swimmers have a lot of time to think. Our minds are continuously navigating the continuous streams of thoughts we have while practi...

NISCA Extends Deadline For All-America Applications The NISCA All America program application deadline for swimming, diving, water polo, para swimming, academic and scholar ceam has been extended to July 1 at 11:59pm EST. All applications must be received by then in order for your athlete to earn Al...

NEW COMMIT: Audrey Marcus of Santa Monica, Calif. has announced her decision to go out of state with commitment to swim at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts beginning in the fall of 2021. She is a senior at Santa Monica High School, and her swim club is Team Santa Monica under the direction...

NEW COMMIT: Howard University has received another commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Holland, Mich. native Tai Afrik. He will join Darin Johnson of Atascocita, Texas, as a member of the Bison's Class of 2025. He told Swimming World: "Going to Howard is an opportunity to get diverse p...

After the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) delayed sports through the fall, the 2021 CIF Southern Section Division 4 State Championships were held on May 29 at Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. The highlight of the meet came on the boards, where Joshua...

After the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) delayed sports through the fall, the 2021 CIF Southern Section DIII State Championships were held on May 29 at Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Click HERE for full results. BOYS MEET [caption id="attachm...

NEW COMMIT: The University of Michigan has picked up a new verbal commitment for their growing class of 2026 from Junior National qualifier Ozan Kalafat of Green Bay, Wis. He will join Lucas Hodgson and Logan Zucker in Ann Arbor in the fall of 2022. He told Swimming World: "Beyond pumped to announce...

Swimmers are renowned for their dedication to their sport. We train long hours at ridiculous times and spend all day at meets only to spend a few minutes actually racing in the pool. However, all swimmers reach a point in their careers when they question why they're still doing it. Although many rel...

After the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) delayed sports through the fall, the 2021 CIF Southern Section DI State Championships were held on May 27 at Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Racing in their home pool, the boys of Santa Margarita won their f...

After the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) delayed sports through the fall, the 2021 CIF Southern Section DII State Championships were held on May 25 at Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Click HERE for full results. The meet was highlighted by Lag...